Nationwide — Today President Trump announced the end of the DACA program, which for over five years allowed over 800,000 immigrant youth to work and attend school. Trump made this decision despite repeatedly telling immigrant youth not to worry. This is another action by this administration that must not be left to stand without widespread repudiation…
The Food Chain Workers Alliance stands firmly with the majority. The majority deplore the racist, anti-Semitic rallies and bloodshed in Charlottesville this weekend. Right-wing white nationalists and neo-nazi terrorists took to the streets in support of a racist, bigoted, and authoritarian ideology that predicates itself on the oppression of women, people of color, the LGBTQ community,…
International Food Workers Week (IFWW) is held annually close to the week of Thanksgiving to engage the public about the importance of food workers and to move people to take action in support of the workers. Events or actions around the U.S. are organized by the FCWA, member groups, and allies. During IFWW, on November 14, we…
We emphatically reject the violent abhorrent actions that took place in Minneapolis against peaceful Black Lives Matters protestors. We call on our elected officials to denounce these terrorists with the same vigor as the attacks in Paris last week. As the country’s largest private sector workforce, the nation’s 20 million food workers form the backbone…
On June 4, 2015 the day before Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting, FCWA released a new report that finds a major discord between Walmart’s labor and environmental claims and the reality in its food supply chain and provides recommendations for improvements. “Walmart at the Crossroards: the Environmental and Labor Impact of Its Food Supply Chain” examines…
Sign the Petition HERE! Members of the Street Vendor Project have been hard at work on an important legislative campaign to lift the caps on vendor permits and licenses. Despite attempts at making an honest living, vendors are subject to a litany of unjust regulations which make their work an incredible challenge. Since the early 1980s, an…
*By Hamilton Nolan (re-posted from Gawker) Retail death star Walmart has just announced that it will be giving raises to all of its low-level hourly workers this year, and setting a minimum wage of $10 an hour next year. Walmart can see which way the wind is blowing. Walmart, the largest company in America, with…
Support the El Super grocery workers & send a message to El Super CEO Matt Smith here! Southern California United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union locals 324, 770, 1428 and 1167 represent approximately 600 El Super workers employed at seven locations. The unions and our El Super members called a boycott of El Super…
*Food Chain Avengers: A Food Justice & Worker Justice Comic Book* 20 million people work in the food system in the U.S., joining millions around the world who labor on farms and in meat, poultry and food processing facilities, warehouses, grocery stores and restaurants. The food system is the largest employer in the U.S. and…
November 23-29: Take Action! Millions of food workers around the world struggle to make a living each day. In the U.S. alone, nearly 20 million people work in the food system, growing, processing, transporting, serving, cooking, & selling the food that we eat each day. Show your solidarity & support for food workers by taking…
This year’s Food Day theme is food justice, including justice for farm and foodworkers! So join us and our member organizations in planning local events and actions in your area: info [at] foodchainworkers.org. Read below for the official Food Day media release! Thousands of Events from Coast to Coast Planned for October 24 Justice throughout the food chain—from farm workers to child consumers—will be a special focus for the fourth annual Food Day,…
Today,Food Chain Workers Alliance along with Alliance member ROC-NY and Food First released a new report,Food Insecurity of Restaurant Workers, a first comprehensive look at food security and employment conditions of workers in the restaurant industry. The report, based on over 280 surveys and interviews with restaurant workers in New York City and the San…
